OPatch error : "Unable to lock Central Inventory"
(Doc ID 861677.1)
Last updated on SEPTEMBER 20, 2018
Applies to:
Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition - Version 9.2.0.1 to 12.2.0.1 [Release 9.2 to 12.2]Information in this document applies to any platform.
This problem can occur on any UNIX platform
Symptoms
Opatch apply failing with following errors
Unable to lock Central Inventory. OPatch will attempt to re-lock.
Do you want to proceed? [y|n]
Following are the messages during 'opatch apply'
[oracle@ccuine19 5596276]$ id
uid=500(oracle) gid=500(oinstall) groups=100(users),500(oinstall)
[oracle@ccuine19 5596276]$ opatch apply
Invoking OPatch 10.2.0.4.7
Oracle Interim Patch Installer version 10.2.0.4.7
Copyright (c) 2009, Oracle Corporation. All rights reserved.
Oracle Home : /db/dr/drdb/10.2.0
Central Inventory : /etc/oraInventory
from : /etc/oraInst.loc
OPatch version : 10.2.0.4.7
OUI version : 10.2.0.4.0
OUI location : /db/dr/drdb/10.2.0/oui
Log file location : /db/dr/drdb/10.2.0/cfgtoollogs/opatch/opatch2009-07-22_10-
50-24AM.log
Patch history file: /db/dr/drdb/10.2.0/cfgtoollogs/opatch/opatch_history.txt
ApplySession applying interim patch '5596276' to OH '/db/dr/drdb/10.2.0'
Unable to lock Central Inventory. OPatch will attempt to re-lock.
Do you want to proceed? [y|n]
y
User Responded with: Y
OPatch will sleep for few seconds, before re-trying to get the lock...
Unable to lock Central Inventory. OPatch will attempt to re-lock.
Do you want to proceed? [y|n]
uid=500(oracle) gid=500(oinstall) groups=100(users),500(oinstall)
[oracle@ccuine19 5596276]$ opatch apply
Invoking OPatch 10.2.0.4.7
Oracle Interim Patch Installer version 10.2.0.4.7
Copyright (c) 2009, Oracle Corporation. All rights reserved.
Oracle Home : /db/dr/drdb/10.2.0
Central Inventory : /etc/oraInventory
from : /etc/oraInst.loc
OPatch version : 10.2.0.4.7
OUI version : 10.2.0.4.0
OUI location : /db/dr/drdb/10.2.0/oui
Log file location : /db/dr/drdb/10.2.0/cfgtoollogs/opatch/opatch2009-07-22_10-
50-24AM.log
Patch history file: /db/dr/drdb/10.2.0/cfgtoollogs/opatch/opatch_history.txt
ApplySession applying interim patch '5596276' to OH '/db/dr/drdb/10.2.0'
Unable to lock Central Inventory. OPatch will attempt to re-lock.
Do you want to proceed? [y|n]
y
User Responded with: Y
OPatch will sleep for few seconds, before re-trying to get the lock...
Unable to lock Central Inventory. OPatch will attempt to re-lock.
Do you want to proceed? [y|n]
Cause
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